Image of HR 8799 planetary system

Esahubble_opo1129b_1024

esahubble_opo1129b October 10th, 2011

Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Soummer (STScI)

This is an image of the star HR 8799 taken by Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) in 1998. A mask within the camera (coronagraph) blocks most of the light from the star. In addition, software has been used to digitally subtract more starlight. Nevertheless, scattered light from HR 8799 dominates the image, obscuring the faint planets.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1129b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HR 8799
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System
Esahubble_opo1129b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 23h 7m 28.7s
DEC = 21° 8’ 3.7”
Orientation
North is 57.8° CCW
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Pegasus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Luminosity Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Luminosity
Esahubble_opo1129b_1280
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ID
opo1129b
Subject Category
B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
HR 8799
Credits
NASA, ESA, and R. Soummer (STScI)
Release Date
2011-10-10T15:22:35
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1129b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
NICMOS
Color Assignment
Luminosity
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
H
Central Wavelength
1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
346.869648739, 21.1343522044
Reference Dimension
1032.0, 1032.0
Reference Pixel
516.0, 516.0
Scale
-8.29366198012e-07, 8.29366198012e-07
Rotation
57.840000000000011
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo1129b
Metadata Date
2011-09-20T14:23:15-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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